Game on as 2,150-square-foot virtual reality space opens up in Macau
Zero Latency offers advanced wireless technology and motion tracking for older players, while Sands Cotai Central’s Planet J theme park caters to all ages
Virtual reality (VR) gaming – where people can experience and interact with a computer-generated, three-dimensional simulated environment during a game – is growing fast around the world.
It can transport you into another world – one that is similar to reality, or a fantastical place that would be impossible to experience – the second you put on a VR helmet and headset.
Macau has a number of gaming options, including the opening of a new free-roaming multiplayer VR gaming venue, which means gamers can now enjoy the fun in an immersive experience like never before.
Zero Latency Macau, located in Broadway Macau in the Cotai resort area, is a 200-square-metre (2,150-square-foot) VR game space where up to eight players can play together at the same time.
The Macau venue is one of the company’s 19 different venues located in nine countries around the world.
Unlike average VR gaming, Zero Latency gamers are able to move freely in the virtual world thanks to its advanced wireless technology and motion tracking.
We recently visited the venue for a first-hand experience of playing its VR games. After a briefing session in a cyber-themed room, we are equipped with a military-grade backpack, containing a high-performance Alienware gaming PC, and put on a VR helmet displaying 2K resolution images and a headset which enables gamers to communicate with other each.
We are then led into a warehouselike space and set to enter the VR world.